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[^1]\n\nGovernor Hugo Passalacqua of Misiones, Argentina, instructed the official legislative bloc to repeal Article 7 of the Bioinputs Law (Law VIII No. 103) to eliminate the prohibition on glyphosate established in 2023. [^2]\n\nCEMDA explained that the proposed reform strengthens environmental principles and includes new biodiversity conservation instruments, but it equates Strategic Environmental Assessment (EAE) with Environmental Impact Authorization (AIA) for certain project stages. [^3]\n\nCEMDA stated that the proposed LGEEPA reform includes relevant advances but contains concerning aspects that legislators must review to ensure a legitimate and solid new environmental law. [^4]\n\nCEMDA warned that equating Strategic Environmental Assessment with Environmental Impact Authorization desnaturalizes the preventive and strategic character of EAE and could facilitate lax evaluation processes for major federal projects such as the Mayan Train. [^5]\n\nAgricultural producers in Misiones have expressed difficulties in fully substituting glyphosate due to high costs and the unavailability of alternatives for certain production systems. [^6]\n\nThe original 2023 legislation mandated a two-year transition period for the ban, which the provincial executive extended in 2024 until 2030. [^7]\n\nThe World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer classified glyphosate as probably carcinogenic to humans in 2015, though other regulatory agencies have reached different conclusions regarding risk under authorized use conditions. 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